Francois Durce

Francois Durce (9 June 1899-) was a member of the military junta that ruled Haiti from 6 December 1950 alongside Daniel Guay.

Biography
Francois Durce was born on 9 June 1899 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and he served in the Haitian Army alongside Daniel Guay. On 6 December 1950, Durce, Guay, and some other anti-communist Haitian officers led the 1950 Haitian coup d'etat against the Eastern Bloc-affiliated government, and they seized power. Durce and Guay were the two leaders at the forefront of the pro-United States military junta that ruled Haiti during the early stages of the Cold War, establishing a totalitarian state that strongly opposed communism and socialism.